One panelist called it the worst epidemic this generation has ever seen; another recommended that the parent of an addict tell their child to write a living will; another drew attention to the rising number of fatal overdoses in Sussex County.

One panelist called it the worst epidemic this generation has ever seen; another recommended that the parent of an addict tell their child to write a living will; another drew attention to the rising number of fatal overdoses in Sussex County.

BYRAM — If you saw a soda can poked with holes on your teen’s dresser, would you think he or she was using it to smoke marijuana? Would you realize that your teen may be doing inhalants if you saw Dust-Off in his or her backpack? And, would you think to look for heroin behind a light switch plate or sewn into the waistband of a pair of pants?

BYRAM — If you saw a soda can poked with holes on your teen’s dresser, would you think he or she was using it to smoke marijuana? Would you realize that your teen may be doing inhalants if you saw Dust-Off in his or her backpack? And, would you think to look for heroin behind a light switch plate or sewn into the waistband of a pair of pants?

Vernon Councilman Dan Kadish appeared to catch his colleagues off guard when he proposed police funding for an anti-opiate drug reversing heroin overdoses.“It certainly doesn’t solve the drug issue, but it saves lives,” Kadish said Thursday of naloxene.The antidote helps restore breathing after a heroin overdose and goes by the brand name Narcan. It has been part of the federal Office of National Drug Control Policy’s action plan since 2012.

Vernon Councilman Dan Kadish appeared to catch his colleagues off guard when he proposed police funding for an anti-opiate drug reversing heroin overdoses.“It certainly doesn’t solve the drug issue, but it saves lives,” Kadish said Thursday of naloxene.The antidote helps restore breathing after a heroin overdose and goes by the brand name Narcan. It has been part of the federal Office of National Drug Control Policy’s action plan since 2012.

MORRISTOWN -- The Morris County freeholder board voted 4-3 late Monday to approve its portion of a settlement plan aimed at resuscitating a multimillion-dollar solar energy program in three counties -- Sussex, Morris and Somerset -- that ran aground less than a year after it was launched in 2011.

MORRISTOWN -- The Morris County freeholder board voted 4-3 late Monday to approve its portion of a settlement plan aimed at resuscitating a multimillion-dollar solar energy program in three counties -- Sussex, Morris and Somerset -- that ran aground less than a year after it was launched in 2011.